2023 United States state legislative elections

The 2023 United States state legislative elections will be held on November 7, 2023, for eight state legislative chambers in four states.^[1] These off-year elections will coincide with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in three states.

Summary table

Regularly-scheduled elections were held in 8 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly-scheduled elections were held for 578 of the 7,383 legislative seats. This table only covers regularly-scheduled elections; additional special elections took place concurrently with these regularly-scheduled elections.

State	Upper House				Lower House
State	Seats up	Total	% up	Term	Seats up	Total	% up	Term
Louisiana	39	39	100	4	105	105	100	4
Mississippi	52	52	100	4	122	122	100	4
New Jersey	40	40	100	4^[a]	80	80	100	2
Virginia	40	40	100	4	100	100	100	2

State summaries

Louisiana

All seats of the Louisiana State Senate and the Louisiana House of Representatives are up for election to four-year terms in 2023. Republicans currently control both chambers.

Louisiana State Senate
Party		Leader	Before	After
	Republican	Page Cortez	27
	Democratic	Gerald Boudreaux	12
Total			39	39

Louisiana House of Representatives
Party		Leader	Before	After
	Republican	Clay Schexnayder	68
	Democratic	Samuel Jenkins Jr.	34
	Independent		3
Total			105	105

Mississippi

All seats of the Mississippi State Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives are up for election to four-year terms in 2023. Republicans currently control both chambers.

Mississippi State Senate
Party		Leader	Before	After
	Republican	Dean Kirby	36
	Democratic	Derrick Simmons	16
Total			52	52

Mississippi House of Representatives
Party		Leader	Before	After
	Republican	Philip Gunn	75
	Democratic	Robert Johnson III	44
	Independent		3
Total			122	122

New Jersey

All seats of the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly are up for election. In 2023, senators will be elected to four-year terms in single-member districts, while Assembly members will be elected to two-year terms in two-member districts.^[2] Democrats currently control both chambers.

New Jersey Senate
Party		Leader	Before	After
	Democratic	Nicholas Scutari	24
	Republican	Steve Oroho	16
Total			40	40

New Jersey General Assembly
Party		Leader	Before	After
	Democratic	Craig Coughlin	46
	Republican	John DiMaio	34
Total			80	80

Virginia

All seats of the Senate of Virginia and the Virginia House of Delegates are up for election in 2023. Senators will be elected to four-year terms, while delegates serve terms of two years. Democrats currently control the upper house, whereas Republicans hold a majority in the lower house.

Senate of Virginia
Party		Leader	Before	After
	Democratic	Dick Saslaw	21
	Republican	Tommy Norment	18
	Non-caucusing		1
Total			40	40

Virginia House of Delegates
Party		Leader	Before	After
	Republican	Todd Gilbert	52
	Democratic	Charniele Herring	48
Total			100	100

Special elections

There are currently two state legislative special elections scheduled for 2023.^[3]

Mississippi

District		Incumbent			This race
Chamber	No.	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
House	23	Charles Beckett	Republican	2004	Incumbent resigned September 22, 2022 after being appointed executive director of the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff.^[4] New member to be elected January 10, 2023.	▌TBD ▌TBD

Virginia

District		Incumbent			This race
Chamber	No.	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
House	35	Mark Keam	Democratic	2009	Incumbent resigned September 6, 2022 to take a position in the Biden Administration.^[5] New member to be elected January 10, 2023.	▌Holly Seibold (Democratic) ▌TBD

Notes

^ The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.

References

^ "State legislative elections, 2023". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
^ "New Jersey Secretary of State". state.nj.us.
^ "State legislative special elections, 2023". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
^ Summerhays, Anne (October 25, 2022). "Governor Reeves sets special election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 23". Y'all Politics. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
^ "Press Release: Fairfax Democrats Chair's Statement on Resignation of Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) – Fairfax County Democratic Committee". Retrieved September 6, 2022.

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[1] "State legislative elections, 2023". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 22, 2022.

[3] "New Jersey Secretary of State". state.nj.us.

[4] "State legislative special elections, 2023". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 8, 2022.

[5] Summerhays, Anne (October 25, 2022). "Governor Reeves sets special election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 23". Y'all Politics. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

[6] "Press Release: Fairfax Democrats Chair's Statement on Resignation of Del. Mark Keam (D-35th) – Fairfax County Democratic Committee". Retrieved September 6, 2022.

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2023 United States state legislative elections

Contents

Summary table

State summaries

Louisiana

Mississippi

New Jersey

Virginia

Special elections

Mississippi

Virginia

Notes

References

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